The Brasher Doubloon (The High Window) (1947)
Release Date: Feb 6, 1947 Wide
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Raymond Chandler's famed detective Philip Marlowe (George Montgomery) is hired by a rich, eccentric widow, Mrs. Murdock (Florence Bates) to find and return a stolen gold coin. Marlowe quickly finds himself involved an a case which includes robbery, blackmail and murder. Just as Marlowe begins to solve the mystery, he is savagely beaten by Vannier (Fritz Kortner). Marlowe finally puts all the pieces of the puzzle together when he discovers a blackmail scheme involving Murdock's mentally-ill
Feb 6, 1947 Wide
Cast
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George Montgomery
Philip Marlowe -
Nancy Guild
Merle Davis -
Conrad Janis
Leslie Murdock -
Roy Roberts
Lieutenant Breeze -
Fritz Kortner
Vannier -
Florence Bates
Mrs. Murdock -
Marvin Miller
Blaire -
Houseley Stevenson Sr.
Morningstar -
Bob Adler
Sgt. Spangler -
Jack Conrad
George Anson -
Alfred Linder
Eddie Prue -
Jack Overman
Manager -
Jack Stoney
Mike -
Ray Spiker
Figaro -
Paul Maxey
Coroner -
Ben Erway
Shaw -
Edward Gargan
Truck Driver -
Reed Hadley
Dr. Moss
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (0)
... something of a B+ movie, a low-budget treatment of Raymond Chandler's "The High Window" made with ambition and style, at least in key scenes.
Entertaining on its own merits as a B-grade thriller, but certainly not the best film version of a Raymond Chandler novel.
It's just smart enough of a film noir to be considered a classic.
Audience Reviews for The Brasher Doubloon (The High Window)
It's a B-film through and through, but it makes up in the entertainment department what it lacks in technical achievement.
Based on the Raymond Chandler novel [i]The High Window[/i] (which I quite like), [b]Brasher Doubloon[/b] gives George Montgomery a shot at stepping into the shoes of Philip Marlowe, and though he's no Humphrey Bogart, I actually quite liked him after a while. He's a more polished and urbane version of Marlowe, but it works.
[b]The Brasher Doubloon[/b] plays like a poor-man's [b]Big Sleep[/b], as it is the Chandler dialogue that gives the proceedings a touch of class. I suppose Nancy Guild is rather appealing in her own odd way as the love interest involved in the mystery, and Florence Bates is a hoot as the eccentric mountain of a woman who employs Marlowe (think Sydney Greenstreet in a dress).
Nothing really spectacular here, just a competant and often entertaining B-film that as a huge fan of Raymond Chandler, I'm glad I was able to see.
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